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libya
Republican-led panel accuses Clinton State Department of Benghazi lapses
Congressional Republicans on Tuesday accused the Obama administration and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of failing to protect U.S. diplomats in the 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attack that killed four Americans.
Clinton defends her Benghazi record in face of Republican criticism
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday deflected harsh Republican criticism of her handling of the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, and urged her questioners in Congress to put U.S. national security ahead of politics.
Overlooked, battle for Watiyah air base key to Libya’s future
Russian heat-seeking rockets terrorize the fighters scattered along the front at the Watiyah air base in Western Libya.
Foreign airlines stop flying to Libya
Turkish Airlines, the last foreign airline that was still flying to Libya, has suspended all flights over concerns about security in the large oil-producing North African state of Libya.
Facing Islamist threats, Arab nations tilt toward Israel
Between the war in Gaza and gains by Islamic militants in Iraq, Syria and Libya, there’s plenty of cause these days for pessimism about the Middle East.
Obama does nothing while Middle East and Europe in chaos
Under President Barack Obama, the world is becoming unglued. Iraq is being overrun by Islamist terrorists, and the United States is now evacuating its Baghdad embassy.
White House: U.S. federal system can handle Benghazi suspect
The White House said on Tuesday the U.S. criminal justice system could prosecute the captured suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and that he would be questioned for intelligence.
Benghazi suspect Khatallah to be tried in the U.S. court system, not Guantanamo
The suspect in the 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, who was captured over the weekend, will be tried in U.S. courts, U.S. officials told Reuters.
Obama: Benghazi suspect will face ‘full weight’ of U.S. justice system
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the recently captured suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, would face the \”full weight\” of the U.S. justice system.